Noteworthy

Published 11:24 pm, Friday, April 11, 2014

Cross-examiner says Pistorius' story false

PRETORIA, South Africa — The prosecutor cross-examining Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial Friday tried to shred his version of events on the night he shot and killed his girlfriend, saying they do not add up and go completely against how people would react in the situation the double-amputee Olympian has described.

Instead, chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel said the "only reasonable explanation" for what happened in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14 last year was that Pistorius fatally shot Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door from around three meters away as they argued.

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